Book contents
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Chronological and Typographical Conventions
- Glossary of Astronomical Terminology Cited
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Historiography of Science
- 1 These Bones Live!
- 2 Cuneiform Texts and the Historiography of Science
- 3 The Early Shaping of a Modern Historiography of Ancient Astronomical Sciences
- Part II Worldmaking and the Anthropology of Science
- References
- Index of Names and Subjects
1 - These Bones Live!
from Part I - Historiography of Science
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2025
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Chronological and Typographical Conventions
- Glossary of Astronomical Terminology Cited
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Historiography of Science
- 1 These Bones Live!
- 2 Cuneiform Texts and the Historiography of Science
- 3 The Early Shaping of a Modern Historiography of Ancient Astronomical Sciences
- Part II Worldmaking and the Anthropology of Science
- References
- Index of Names and Subjects
Summary
Chapter 1 sets the stage by discussing the intersection of Assyriology and the history of science. This chapter defines the cuneiform scribal-scholarly knowledge termed ṭupšarrūtu in Akkadian as a basis for understanding the scope and character of cuneiform science.
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- Worldmaking and Cuneiform AntiquityAn Anthropology of Science, pp. 31 - 52Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025